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How come they became friends ? was that before he had breasts ? striking poem, Sharon On 20/01/2013, at 7:04 AM, Halvard Johnson wrote: > If I had a boyfriend with breasts, I'd probably kill him too. > > > Serving the tri-state area. > > Halvard Johnson > ================ > > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 11:59 AM, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> *Woman Kills Boyfriend With Breasts >> [News headlines 16 January 2013] >> >> at attention, stiff in their uniform >> always they preceded me >> flags of a foreign country >> heralding my arrival before >> the rest of me entered the room >> >> harnessed like oxen >> buried beneath turtlenecks and vests >> caged in nets of wire and lace >> pliable, they complied with the style >> of the day, pointed like armor >> >> or softly curved like cushions >> like pears or apples or melons >> nipples concealed or coyly >> barely pushing against thin >> cotton or silk or satin >> >> released at night >> in the valleys of sleep >> set free on the fields of love >> tongued and bitten and kneaded >> like dough >> >> taunted by gangs of boys >> and men from sidewalks >> and cars, groped in offices >> and classrooms, brushed up >> against in crowded rooms >> >> too often I slept behind them >> as they were held, contained >> in the greedy hands of lovers >> claimed like fish in a trap >> fighting to breathe >> >> I’m up here >> >> * >> >> -- >> sharon brogan >> http://www.sbpoet.com >> http://www.sbpoet.net >> http://smallpoems.sbpoet.net >> 406.578.1788 >>